We remember Cecil Taylor. ‘Still Ahead Cecil’

This day ( April 5, 2018), in New York City, died Cecil Percival Taylor, an American free jazz pianist

Tracklist :

1 . Perugia (2009)

2 . Improvisation #1 (Excerpt) (2007)

3 . Song 2 (2004)

4 . w/ Max Roach - Duo (2000)

5 . w/ Thurman Barker - Frankfurt (1995)

6 . @ Jazz Ost-West Festival (1984)

7 . w/ Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Live (1984)

Tracklist :

Bemsha Swing . Rick Kick Shaw . Song . Azure . Steps . Charge 'em Blues . You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to . Tales (8 Whisps) . Sweet and Lovely . Air .

This week In Jazz Legends 44/52

Lou Donaldson, Thelonious Monk, Roy Hargrove, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Buddy Rich, Art Blakey, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Cecil Taylor

Jazzin’Around The Nearness of You

Starting and ending with Hoagy Carmichael / Ned Washington's composition 'The nearness of you', we have mixed 18 'Old Fashion and Mellow Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Hoagy Carmichael / Ned Washington'. It has Vanya Borges, Mary Stallings, Peggy Lee, Archie Shepp and many more.